"My first choice was the MFJ 269 but, after some research I wonder about the Autek VA-1. I will appreciate any and all comments or suggestions for another choice." == I have both the MFJ-259 and the
"At that point, why not have the computer copy, then the operator can take a long siesta and wander back to see how the contest went. Where's the OPERATOR SKILL in that? Like a local no code Extra wh
I've adjusted the TCXO in my Orion so that it's much more accurate than it was initially. Tec-Tec told me that as time goes by the xtal will age and settle down after about a year, at which time I ma
In my last post, I wrote, "Someone said that WWV frequency accuracy depends on propagation delay, which I agree about....". Thinking about that, I now have to disagree. Propagation delay affects accu
Hi, Jim, "I live maybe 11 miles East of the WWVH antenna farm here on Kauai. How many nanoseconds per mile at light speed?" -- For setting your clock, figure a 59 microsecond delay. == "Doppler shift
"In not one of these do you explain the differences in the SAME test which you describe on May 20th, after which you wonder about selling one of the other two, up to then your "best" rigs, and your J
My new Orion is scheduled to be delivered Friday, May 16th. I've downloaded the operating manual and cannot find anything specific in it about supplying a continuous transmitter output, needed for tu
"If the radio is in CW mode, you can simply press PTT and it will key as you suggested." -- Great!! == "I am working very hard right now writing my N4PY Orion Control Program. I actually have a very
"Now it must get to Honolulu, then change planes and come over to Kauai, I hope by this evening in order for delivery tomorrow morning; but they only said, via economy it would be here by 5 pm Friday
"It is kHz, NOT KHz. The international standard is that k stands for kilo and upper case K is reserved for Kelvin. So even though it seems inconsistant we have Hz, kHZ, MHz, GHz." == I still often fi
"If your Carolina Windom is about 135 feet long, It is NOT going to have 10 dB of gain on 60m over a dipole! Beware of manufacturers claims, usually they are quoting for 10m and over isotropic source
"It is here!! Fed Ex truck drove up at 0056Z (2:56pm HST)." == You beat me by about an hour! The UPS truck drove up at 0100Z (6:00PM PDT) with my new Orion. Mine had v1.337 software. Today I'll load
I just loaded software update v1.341 into my new Orion. It fixed two or three bugs I noticed in v1.337, but it apparentent introduced a new one. One of the bugs the new version apparently fixed was t
"Same problem here with the pitch adjustment. Also...and this may have been mentioned previously, but is it normal for the monitor audio to be so very low? I have it all the way up and can barely hea
"Are you using a Heil microphone element or some other mike with lower output?" -- I am using the Heil Studio One mike made for Ten-Tec with my Orion. With recommended setting of 45 for the MIC level
"My Orion is S/N 10C10512, and it definitely is equipped with a different DIN socket than that described in the manual for the AUX I/O and that of the DIN connector supplied cable." -- My new Orion i
"I have the 3 optional filters installed. when activated and I adjust BW from 380 down to 370 I see about an 2 S-unit attenuation. I tried adjusting the center freq by finding the roll off about equi
"Ok, which CW mode is correct on the bands? Orion offers the choice of LCW or UCW; I presume this is similar to CW and CW-R that was on a Kenwood I had long ago." == Yes, it's the same as "CW" and "C
A bug which existed in v1.337 still is there in v1.341. When you do any type of recall, including USER1 or USER2, the LCD screen contrast goes down when the recall is completed. Rotating the Multi co
After I stored my CW filter center frequencies in USER1 and USER2, I took advantage of the band stacking feature and stored 4 frquencies/modes/BW settings in each band stacking register for all 9 ban